Chapter 1: The Game in my mind
PS: The story takes place in a parallel world, the timeline or certain events may change according to the plot.
This story is purely fictional and exaggerated. Some real-world people or events do not exist in the story. Please do not associate it with reality.
On a fine sunny day in 2020, In a 270 sqm house in Hannam-dong, South Korea, Kim Nam-hyuk woke up in a daze.
Kim Nam-hyuk was born in 1995. A handsome appearance, a height of 185cm, sword-like eyebrows with lazy-looking eyes. If you look at him you will be dazed by his captivating eyes.
He has good skin with average muscles. He plays games, eats, and sleeps all day. He is also jobless.
Kim Nam-hyuk's parents passed away in a car accident 5 years ago and left an inheritance house and savings money that can last for the next 20 years.
A 2 story house with 4 rooms, a master bedroom with a bathroom, a guest room, his cousin's room, and a storage room which was converted to a gaming room, with action figures bought by Nam-hyuk and K-pop albums bought by his cousin.
With a minimalistic design and with spacious floor-to-ceiling windows, and 2 parking spaces. He has a Hyundai car which was not too shabby and plans to buy a new one.
It has a small garden and a greenhouse with vegetables like pepper, tomatoes, etc.
He lives like a retired person. (The life that most people dreamed about.)
..
Nam-hyuk doesn't go out much or go shopping, and he can cook, so he can still save money and rarely orders takeout.
He likes reading books to keep his mind fresh and accumulate knowledge or novels online.
Ring...
"Hello?" Answered Nam-hyuk in a confused tone.
"Good Morning Oppa!"
Realizing that it was his favorite cousin's voice he sat up slowly.
"Good morning Yoon-a! Have you had breakfast?" Nam-hyuk said softly.
"Yes, Oppa. I'm already in the practice room. Oppa I'm going home on weekends~." Yoon-A said with excitement.
"Okay, I'm gonna pick you up in your dormitory when the time comes." Nam-hyuk agreed right away.
She lives with Nam-hyuk in Seoul but her real home was in Daejeon.
"Okay, Oppa~." Yoon-A said coquettishly.
Hearing the familiar coquettish voice, Nam-hyuk's mood improved and couldn't help but smile.
Kim Nam-hyuk and Seol Yoon-a grew up together and both of them are closer than siblings.
"...."
After hanging up the phone, Nam-hyuk was in a daze.
His cousin Seol Yoon-A just joined JYP Entertainment a few months ago and moved to her dormitory. She sometimes asks Nam-hyuk to play just so he can go out.
Kim Nam-Yuk and his cousin Seol Yoon-a were very close, he dotes on Seol Yoon very much and can be said to be a sister-con.
Both of them have a bit of similarities. Yoon-A loves to sleep in while Nam-hyuk always looks sleepy due to his lazy eyes.
Seol yoon is an introverted girl. She turns into a clingy girl when she's with Nam-hyuk. Especially when Seol Yoon-A started as a trainee and lived with Nam-hyuk, they got closer and both of them got mutual support.
As he was thinking, a reminder suddenly sounded in his mind:
[The "Fantasy Haven" game has been installed successfully; explore the game and discover the unusual creatures, and unearth hidden treasures. Please enter the game...]
Fantasy Haven is a game where you can go farming, fishing, treasure hunting, and even become an explorer.
With a vast open world map, you can play the game for days.
Following this sound, Seol Nam-hyuk was surprised to find a small light appeared in his mind.
"Isn't this the same game I played on my phone before?!" Nam-hyuk widened his eyes.
Although he didn't play it much.
Nam-hyuk is a fan of competitive games so he got bored with farming simulators.
"Golden finger?" He murmured.
Due to being jobless, he has read a lot of novels online and books so he quickly adapted to it. He thought it's impossible to make those novel's stories come true.
He focused his thoughts on the light that looks like a notification indicator..
"Ding.."
"Do you want to enter?"
He focused his mind and chose "YES".
With a little bit of dizziness and suction force, he appeared in a new world.
Images flashed, beautiful fairytale-like maps, vast oceans, forests, and mountains waiting to be unlocked.
Feeling excited, he explored his novice property, a house with a large space with a forest and lake in the back.
A pop-up appeared:
[Beginner rewards received.]
In his inventory, he received 5 types of seeds and various tools.
Seeds: Tomato, strawberry, cucumber, cabbage, and rice seeds.
In the corner of his eyes, he can see the store icon, gold coin icon, and other options.
He picked one tomato seed and examined it...
[Tomato seed: Common ]
[Remarks: Although it's a common tomato, it's produced by the game. It's better and higher quality than in the real world.]
The fruits and vegetables in Fantasy Haven had ratings. Common to Legendary ratings, the higher the rarity the more delicious they were, and the higher the benefits with additional stats when harvested.
"Ding!"
[Task: Clear the bushes, trees and stones in the field and plant the seeds.]
[Note: You can plant any type of seeds. Although the ratings are normal, there is a chance that seeds will evolve randomly with low probability.]
He went to his backyard in the game and started clearing the place, removing stones, and cutting trees and bushes.
He can only clear small types of obstacles using the beginner tools. For example he can clear small rocks, but can't remove boulders.
After a while, the fields were ready, and he planted the rice seed, tomato, cucumber, strawberries, and cabbage in different columns.
After watering it, it started to germinate right away. The time in the game is very fast.
[Ding..!]
[Auto cultivate and auto harvest function is available.]
Nam-hyuk nodded with satisfaction. It's just right for his lazy personality.
He suddenly had an idea.
He grabs some of the seeds, and in a flash, he is back in the real world with the seeds in hand.
His blood boiled, and he almost couldn't contain his excitement.
He went to his garden and planted the strawberry seeds and watered it.
He looked at his phone and checked the game; he could already see some of the crops were already lush with green, waiting to bore fruit.
The crops in the game matured faster compared to the real world.
"I wonder if the seeds in the real world can be planted in the game.."
He went to the refrigerator and picked an apple and tried to focus his mind and the apple appeared in his inventory.
Swish..
Nam-hyuk was back in the game while holding an apple.
"So it's possible." He murmured. His suspicions were right.
He can take out and take in items in his inventory.
He checked the apple and the details showed..
[Apple: Common]
[Sweet apple from earth.]
"Normal apple, no effects! But I can just plant some seeds from the real world to the game and harvest it faster."
"I'm a genius!" Nam-hyuk said with a smug expression.
After exiting the game, he checked the time it was only 10 am, and he planned to go to the nearby supermarket to buy groceries.
He went to his garage and sat in his Hyundai sedan. Nam-hyuk was also thinking about whether he should open a restaurant or a stall.
"No..opening a restaurant is a hassle, and I am not a professional chef. " Nam-hyuk blurted out.
"How about setting up a fruit stand or selling it online?"
"No, let's think about it slowly. It's better to play games all day." Nam-hyuk shook his head.
There's a lot to do, but he was too lazy to keep thinking about it.
Now that I have a golden finger, no need to put pressure on myself.
"Let's go to the supermarket!" Nam-hyuk shouted.
To be continued: